Africa
Sudan’s General Burhan: an Islamist then and now
In trying to understand Sudan, and the civil war that has killed up to 150,000 people in the last three years—a toll twice as bloody as Gaza—it is important from…
Willy Fautré, former chargé de mission at the Cabinet of the Belgian Ministry of Education and at the Belgian Parliament. He is the director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), an NGO based in Brussels that he founded in December 1988. His organization defends human rights in general with a special focus on ethnic and religious minorities, freedom of expression, women’s rights and LGBT people. HRWF is independent from any political movement and any religion. Fautré has carried out fact-finding missions on human rights in more than 25 countries, including in perilous regions such as in Iraq, in Sandinist Nicaragua or in Maoist held territories of Nepal. He is a lecturer in universities in the field of human rights. He has published many articles in university journals about relations between state and religions. He is a member of the Press Club in Brussels. He is a human rights advocate at the UN, the European Parliament and the OSCE. If you are interested in us following up your case, get in touch.
Africa
In trying to understand Sudan, and the civil war that has killed up to 150,000 people in the last three years—a toll twice as bloody as Gaza—it is important from…
21 March 2026 · 3 min read
Opinion
As the Israeli-US war against Iran rages across the Middle East, is it possible that Saudi Arabia is getting off more lightly? Public reporting strongly suggests that it is, which begs the question why. The evidence…
10 March 2026 · 4 min read
Europe
In the meantime, the Council of Europe appoints a Secretary General’s Special Representative on antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred, and all forms of religious intolerance 15 months after the end of the…
2 March 2026 · 5 min read
News
AI generated image Four years ago, when Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine, the Kremlin imagined a swift, crushing bite—one decisive chomp that would shatter Ukrainian resistance, terrify Europe into submission,…
27 February 2026 · 7 min read
Africa
In the space of a week, Sudan’s Kordofan region has witnessed a devastating wave of drone strikes and indiscriminate attacks on civilians that multiple sources have attributed to the Sudanese…
26 February 2026 · 3 min read
Europe
By Willy Fautré & Hans Noot, Director and Associate Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (07.02.2026) – On 4 February, Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) sponsored the launch of the Central Europe Forum…
8 February 2026 · 6 min read
FORB
Since 2017, over 900 criminal prosecutions, resulting in over 1,000 years of prison sentences on bogus charges of extremism Apart from several religious minorities in China, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia are…
12 January 2026 · 5 min read
Editor's choice
Another 126 believers continue to serve real prison terms. Sergey Melnik, 53, a Jehovah's Witness from Volgograd, spent more than four years and nine months in prison. His sentence for his faith ended on…
22 December 2025 · 2 min read
Africa
Leading French broadcaster France 24 has published what they describe as the first independently verified proof of chlorine gas being used as a chemical weapon during Sudan’s civil war, specifically…
5 December 2025 · 4 min read
ECHR
Two 74-year-old JW sentenced to three years in prison and immediately detained. Nowadays, 175 JWs are behind bars in Russia On 12 November, a Russian court imprisoned two 74-year-old men—Valeriy…
15 November 2025 · 3 min read
